Built and run by a Mara lodge owner

One flat price.
No cut of your sales.

A direct-booking website, OTA sync, and an AI concierge — everything your lodge needs in one subscription.

Live

Calendar

March 12–18, 2026
Mon12
Tue13
Wed14
Thu15
Fri16
Sat17
Sun18
Luxury Tent 1
Safari Tent
Van Der Merwe · 3 nights
Sarah J.
Luxury Tent 2
Safari Tent
Okonkwo Family
Savanna Suite
Premium
The Thompson Family · 4 pax
Riverside Cottage
Cottage
Pierre L.
Chen · Anniversary
Bush Cottage
Cottage
Harrington Grp.
87%
Occupancy
$312
ADR
4
Arrivals today
Why we built it

We built this for our own lodge first.

KaribuKit runs Mara Hilltop, our lodge in the Maasai Mara — live since March 2026, with real Booking.com and Expedia bookings and every invoice filed to KRA through eTIMS. We're not selling anything we don't run ourselves, every day.

NJ Singh
Founder, KaribuKit · Owner-operator, Mara Hilltop
Aerial view of Mara Hilltop, our lodge in the Maasai Mara
Mara Hilltop · Maasai Mara

The flat-fee lodge platform you actually own.

No commission, ever

You keep every shilling of every direct booking. There's no 1% skim and no revenue share that grows as you grow.

Certified OTA sync

Channel sync certified by Su — Booking.com and Expedia live today, 2,000+ more channels supported.

KRA invoicing built in

Every folio files with KRA through eTIMS, straight from the system. There's no separate app to run and no month-end scramble.

Support on WhatsApp

Message us the way you message everyone else. A real person, usually the same day.

What you get

One subscription.
The whole lodge.

01

Your website

A direct-booking site built from your rooms, rates, and photos. We design it, host it, and keep it current — no commission on the bookings it brings you.

02

Ranger, your AI

Ranger answers guest questions on your website around the clock and gives your team a copilot for the day's work. Guest WhatsApp is coming next.

03

Your back office

Reservations, folios, payments, and KRA-compliant invoicing in one screen. Booking.com and Expedia stay in sync automatically. It keeps showing your bookings even when the lodge internet drops.

See it in action

This is our lodge, running today.

Your lodge website

Commission-free direct bookings, built from your own rooms, rates, and photos.

Mara Valley Retreat
Book now
Maasai Mara · Kenya
Where the wild
writes your story.
Choose your stay
8 suites available
Luxury Tent
Private deckSleeps 2
$420 /night
Book →
Savanna Suite
Plunge poolSleeps 4
$560 /night
Book →
Riverside Cottage
River viewSleeps 2
$380 /night
Book →
Your operations dashboard

One screen, every room. Reservations, check-ins, and channel sync at a glance.

Thursday · March 15

Today

All channels synced
Occupancy
87%
+4% vs LW
Arrivals
4
Next 14:00
Departures
2
By 11:00
ADR
$312
Target $300
This week
Confirmed
Pending
In-house
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Luxury Tent 1
Van Der Merwe
Sarah J.
Luxury Tent 2
Okonkwo Family
Savanna Suite
Thompson Family · 4 pax
Riverside Cottage
Pierre L.
Chen · Anniv.
Bush Cottage
Harrington Grp.
Tree House
Baxter · Booking.com
Your AI concierge

Guest questions, answered from your real availability and knowledge base.

Ranger
Online · Usually replies in seconds
Mara Valley
Hi! What activities are available tomorrow? We're arriving in the afternoon.

Welcome! Here's what's on for tomorrow at Mara Valley:

Sunrise game drive
6:00 AM · 3 hrs · $85/pp
Hot air balloon safari
5:30 AM · 4 hrs · $450/pp
Guided bush walk
10:00 AM · 2 hrs · $45/pp

Want me to reserve any of these for your arrival day?

Ranger · just now
Yes, book all three
Just the balloon
Tell me more
Type your message…
Onboarding

Website live in days. Fully onboarded in four to six weeks.

1

Send us your lodge

Rooms, rates, photos, logo. We handle the setup.

2

Your site goes live

The direct-booking website goes up first, usually within days.

3

Channels connected, team trained

Over the next four to six weeks we connect your OTAs, load your existing bookings, and train your staff.

The Ranger assistant

An AI that actually
knows your lodge.

Ask Ranger for tonight's occupancy, tell it to change a rate, or have it pull the week's report — from the web, the staff app, or email. It answers from your live bookings and your own knowledge base. Guest WhatsApp is next.

Priya · front office
What are today's check-ins?
Ranger

2 arrivals today:

Harrington Group
Luxury Tent 1 · 3 nights · Direct
14:00
Elena Vassilyeva
Riverside Cottage · 4 nights · Booking.com
16:30
Priya · front office
Change the rate for Savanna Suite to $380 for next week.
Ranger

Done.

Savanna Suite updated to $380/night for April 21–27. OTA rates will sync within the hour.

FAQ

Got a question?

Everything lodge owners ask before switching. Still unsure? Just ask us.

No. One flat monthly price covers everything, and your direct bookings are 100% yours with no commission and no revenue share. The OTAs still charge their own commission on OTA bookings; we just never add ours on top.

It's live. We run our own lodge, Mara Hilltop in the Maasai Mara, on KaribuKit. Real OTA bookings and real KRA invoices, every day since March 2026.

Handled. Every invoice files with KRA through eTIMS, built right into the system.

Those take a percentage of what you make, for as long as you use them. KaribuKit is one flat price for a platform you own. Your guest list and your booking data stay yours.

NJ Singh, a Mara lodge owner who got tired of foreign software that didn't fit and built his own. He runs it on his own lodge in the Mara today.

Ready when you are

Bring your lodge online, and keep every shilling you earn.

We're onboarding a small first group of Kenyan lodges. Early partners lock founder pricing for 12 months. A short demo, no hard sell.

Prefer to chat first? Message us on WhatsApp.

Or email nj@karibukit.com